an imminent liftoff while the country’s young leader strengthened his power with a new title making him the nation’s top political official.

We at the North Korea blog actually got word about the launch before the team took off for Pyongyang yesterday. Rumor is that we might be part of the audience.

Continues Fox News:

Kim Jong Un’s formal ascension, nearly four months after the death of his father, comes during a week of events leading up to celebrations Sunday marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of his grandfather, late President Kim Il Sung.